Ouachita Parish vs Tangipahoa Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Ouachita Parish and Tangipahoa Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Ouachita Parish and Tangipahoa Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ouachita Parish has the higher population (158,916 vs 135,218 in Tangipahoa Parish). Tangipahoa Parish has the higher median household income ($57,256 vs $51,241 in Ouachita Parish). Tangipahoa Parish has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $183,000 in Ouachita Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
Population	158,916	135,218
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,241	$57,256
Median home value	$183,000	$204,600
Median gross rent	$923	$974
Housing units	70,667	58,663
Homeownership rate	59.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
Population	155,494 → 158,916 (+2.2%)	132,057 → 135,218 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$41,121 → $51,241 (+24.6%)	$47,832 → $57,256 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$146,700 → $183,000 (+24.7%)	$162,800 → $204,600 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $923 (+20.2%)	$832 → $974 (+17.1%)

Ouachita Parish

Population

155,494158,916

Median household income

$41,121$51,241

Median home value

$146,700$183,000

Median gross rent

$768$923

Tangipahoa Parish

Population

132,057135,218

Median household income

$47,832$57,256

Median home value

$162,800$204,600

Median gross rent

$832$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
Under 5	6.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	60.9%
Black or African American	37.0%	29.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
No high school diploma	12.0%	16.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
Drove alone	80.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
1-unit, detached	65.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Ouachita Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1983	1992